OHS Orchestras Devour the Big Apple

posted Mar 31, 2014, 7:42 PM by Oakton Orchestras

CONGRATULATIONS to our students for their resounding success at the Festival of Music in NYC!
The Chamber Orchestra was the 1st Place orchestra with a rating of
"Superior", and the Symphoconcert Orchestra took 2nd Place with a rating
of "Excellent". The Chamber Orchestra also received the award for
"Best Overall Orchestra" and received the highest score (by far!) of ALL
GROUPS participating in the festival, including all bands and choral
groups. Equally impressive was the SUPERIOR conduct of all our students
- your good manners, poise and maturity drew rave reviews from festival
coordinators, bus drivers, chaperones, tour guide Brent and our
esteemed Mr. Oppenheimer. All parents should be extraordinarily PROUD of you. You represented your school and community superbly.

THANK YOU to our most amazing chaperones Anne Suh, Li Wang, Denise Jacobs, Kathy Tracey, Luz Blakney and Patty Lankenau
for their tremendous contribution of time and skills in successfully
shepherding our children to and from the Big Apple and attending to
their needs. To tell the truth, it really wasn't hard duty because the
kids were so FABULOUS, but the days were long and tiring. Your devotion
to our kids is very much appreciated.

MEDICINESchecked in for the trip need to be picked up from Mr. Oppenheimer. FCPS regulations prohibit him from sending medication home with your student. Please contact Mr. Oppenheimer to arrange for retrieving your child's medicine.

PHOTOS WANTED for our website and to produce a commemorative video of our time together.
Many students and chaperones were busy taking photos throughout the
trip and we'd love for you to share them with us. Please upload your
treasure trove of memories to Photobucket, Picasa, Flicker or Shutterfly
and share the link with Patty Lankenau or
download them to a flashdrive or disk and bring to Mr. Oppenheimer. We
want to share all of our wonderful memories each other.